Speeches by Lake.

“The Committee has received evidence from the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies, which stated that these reforms should be assessed against the values of community, capability, capacity and confidence. My question is simple: how do the reforms measure up against those values?”

“Forgive me, perhaps PCC Mudd would be able to elaborate, but you mentioned that we are missing out or losing out on some opportunities. What is the reason for that?”

“First, I thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for securing this important urgent question. I have spoken to coastguard rescue officers from Ceredigion Preseli in recent weeks, and they all share common concerns. The first is that as many as half of their colleagues in the coastguard servi…”

“Forgive my ignorance here: if you had been English police forces collaborating in this way, do you mean to say that there might have been some support for the capital spending there?”

“My father is a retired police officer and is currently in receipt of the police pension.”

“PCC Dunbobbin, are there particular concerns you might have from a North Wales perspective?”

“The White Paper suggested that funding reform is required. I am interested to learn whether you have received any reassurances from the Home Office that Welsh forces will not lose out as a consequence of any reform. Can I ask PCC Wools that?”

“That is great and it is useful to the Committee. Unless there are any other answers, we can move on.”

“Very briefly, in your written evidence, you have detailed how the Welsh public pay more for their policing than English communities. Just for the record, could you reiterate and explain why that is?”

“Despite the differences, all four are at the higher end of the gearing.”

“One of my constituents submitted a request for their pension just over a year before their proposed retirement date, but is still waiting—sadly, it is little wonder that the June date has been missed. My constituents will thank the Minister for explaining the significant resource that the Government have allocated to e…”

“I thank the Minister for her statement on the actions the Government will take to try to restore the public’s faith in our democracy. She mentioned that the “know your donor” rules will be strengthened, in particular with regard to the location of potential donors. Has there been any consideration of adding a prospecti…”

“I thank the hon. Member for securing this debate and for the way that he has outlined the issue at hand. I also commend him on the Bill that he brought forward. Does he agree that in the interim, as the Bill progressed through Parliament, there other steps that we could be take, such as changing Standing Orders and the…”

“It is testing so that we know the full extent of the problem?”

“Thank you both for coming this afternoon and for your evidence. The question I would have is to summarise some of the evidence you have given this afternoon, specifically on the one ask that you would both have of the Government. What is the big change that you would like the Government to make with urgency?”

“The west is best.”

“Is there a particular role or policy to dictate when an IPFR will be dealt with by the health board versus the JCC, or is it just a patient’s or a clinician’s choice?”

“Thank you, that is a very useful answer. My next question you have touched on already, which is about when the JCC might deal with an IPFR versus a health board. When considering established pathways or the service-level agreements with particular providers in England, at what point does the JCC step in to identify the…”

“I should like to turn to IPFR, but before doing so, I would like to follow on from Mr Tufnell. With the prior approval process, the established pathways or those SLAs that a health board might have with relevant centres in England, what sort of consideration does the JCC make of that? If it sees that there is a critica…”

“Again, I know that there is a risk of oversimplifying, but in an ideal world, the prior approval process would be for exceptional cases; it is not a routine pathway.”